A group of bitcoin enthusiasts just ran, biked and swam across Europe, all to promote the cryptocurrency they believe is leaving a powerful, positive mark on the world. The first “Satoshi Freeathlon” officially finished this weekend, in which a group of seven bitcoin enthusiasts flexing their athletic abilities by journeying from Switzerland’s “Crypto Valley” in […]
<h1>Circle CEO To Join Lunch With Justin Sun and Warren Buffett</h1>
Just a week before the “Power Lunch” between Tron founder Justin Sun and crypto skeptic/billionaire Warren Buffett, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has been added to the guest list, making up one of the possible seven guests who will be attending.
<h1>Satoshi’s Treasure Releases ‘SNARKy’ New Clue</h1>
The hunt for $1 million worth of bitcoin began in April, but participants were given a new zk-SNARKs-themed clue this week, which itself holds an additional $70,000 worth of bitcoin.
<h1>Oregon Prisons Ban Blockchain Literature, Citing Security Concerns</h1>
A three-person committee of information technology workers has suggested the ban of a large swath of introductory technology and coding books from prisons in Oregon, including four basic blockchain tech explainers.
<h1>Cryptotourists Have A Need … A Need To Spend Their Digital Assets</h1>
Companies like TravelByBit are capitalizing on cryptotourists looking to book a vacation and travel to a location where they’ll be able to freely spend their cryptocurrency.
<h1>AP Stylebook: ‘Crypto’ Is Out</h1>
Does showing up in the AP stylebook count as mass adoption? Regardless, the Associated Press wants you to stop using “crypto” when referring to cryptocurrency.
<h1>Presidential Hopeful Andrew Yang Suggests Crypto ‘Fun’ In White House</h1>
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a favorite among bitcoiners, told a crowd at Consensus 2019 that if he were elected, “[W]e are going to have some fun in terms of the cryptocurrency community.”
$1 Million Bitcoin Scavenger Hunt Attracts 60,000 Digital Sleuths (And New Investors)
Satoshi’s Treasure has attracted enough sponsorship to continue making crypto-centric games even after someone wins this initial prize.
<h1>Take A Trip To Liberland, A Country Powered By Blockchain</h1>
800 e-residents lead the way as Liberland tries to build a country on a blockchain, backed with Libertarian principles.
<h1>Traveling The World On A Single Bitcoin</h1>
Architect-turned-filmmaker R.R. Hauxley talks about traveling the world on one bitcoin, meeting John McAfee and Vitalik Buterin, and the global crypto culture.
<h1>PewDiePie To Stream On Blockchain Via DLive</h1>
YouTube’s biggest (and perhaps most controversial) star will now stream his weekly show on a decentralized platform, DLive, which is built on the Lino blockchain and uses a native currency to incentivize viewership and content creation.
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, March 25-29</h1>
“Bitcoin and Friends” searches for Satoshi, sliding into a crypto shill’s DMs, and let’s not have blockchain tech be the next Beanie Babies, okay?
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, March 18-22</h1>
The dangers of McCrypto, the beginning of FashTech with bitcoin tie guy, and family friendly board game night with Crypto Marble.
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, March 4-8</h1>
The dangers of Beercoin, going to college to mine crypto, and ETHMail etiquette.
<h1>The (Crypto) Future Is Kid Stuff: Onboarding The Youth</h1>
ETHNews chatted with Mechanism Labs’ Alexis Gauba about user research and onboarding younger generations into the crypto ecosystem.
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, February 18-22</h1>
Twitter tipping with Tippin, the LA Kings’ blockchain just solved tanking, and promoting mass adoption with delicious millennial blood.
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, February 11-15</h1>
Demanding a bitcoin ransom from YouTubers, breaking down a PUBG-enabled crypto heist, and more crypto-themed game shows, please.
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, February 4-8</h1>
Trash cans on the blockchain, “Broad City” searches for some lost bitcoin, and Formula One racing gets a new crypto sponsor.
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, January 28-February 1</h1>
Dinner with the Bitcoin Carnivory Club, the Fyre Festival’s yoga instructor could be your crypto advisor, and why decentralized tidying up will never work.
<h1>Having A Gas: This Week In Crypto Pop Culture, January 21-25</h1>
Stasis Gaming is making a list and checking it twice, binging “Blockchain Stars” on YouTube, and leave it to blockchain technology to complicate the selfie.